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Chapter Five

We Weasleys Are a Fertile Lot

            By the time Harry awoke the next morning, Ginny was already downstairs doing some stretches that the mediwitch told her would help ease back pain.  Harry watched for a moment; noting that while there was nothing really graceful about her movements, something about the scene pulled very close to his heart.

            "What are you doing, Ginny?" he asked as he continued into the room.

            She glanced up, startled and Harry cursed himself for scaring her.

            "Just some exercise to ease my lower back."

            "Your back hurts?" he asked, frowning.  "Have you been doing too much?"

            She laughed.  "You've hired people to do all the work for me, I haven't been doing anything."

            "Then why would your back hurt?"

            Harry had never been around a pregnant woman before so he was very confused.  He hadn't even been around Ginny during her pregnancy.  When she gazed at him in gentle amusement, he saw for the first time the glow that accompanies bringing life into the world-the glow of peace.

            "I am carrying three people, Harry.  They get heavy at times, but I can't put them down."

            He should have known that.

            "What time did you want to leave?" he asked, not wanting to admit his mistake.

            Ginny thought.  "How long will it take you to get ready?"

            "What time is it?"

            "Half past nine."

            Harry gawked, he couldn't remember the last time he'd been asleep that long.

            "Close your mouth, Harry," Ginny giggled.  "We are not a codfish.  You needed the rest."

            "I can be ready by ten."

            By two, Ginny didn't know when she'd ever had so much fun.  She hadn't been out of the house for nearly two months, except for over to her Mum's for tea.  Harry had been perfect all day…well, almost perfect.  He'd swung over from avoiding her to hovering and treating her like a china doll.

            "I'm hungry," she announced.  "I would love ice cream."

            As they sat at Florean Fortesque's Ice Cream Parlor, Florean came out and greeted Harry.  He praised Ginny for marrying Harry and for having a baby wit him.  Ginny giggled at his enthusiasm, and he gave them free sundaes.  Ginny kicked off her shoes and propped her feet on an empty chair.

            "That feels good," she murmured.

            "You feeling okay?" Harry asked.

            She nodded, wiggling her toes.  "We Weasleys are great at pregnancy."

            Harry grinned, caught in the spirit of revelry.  "We Weasleys?"

            She nodded, taking a bite of her sundae.  "I am a Weasley, and we Weasleys are always sure about everything."

            Harry laughed and Ginny smiled mischievously.

            "You're a Potter now, Gin."

            She waved her hand imperiously.  "I was born Weasley, and we Weasleys never change completely."

            Even Ginny could not keep her face straight at that comment.  Fortunately, back up arrived for her in the shape of Fred and George.

            "Oy, you lot," George called as they approached.

            "We've just heard that you've been in Diagon Alley all day and haven't stopped in to see us once!" Fred complained.

            Harry turned and stood; offering a hand to the two who still considered him a silent partner in their shop.

            "We've been baby shopping," Ginny announced, not budging a speck from her comfortable position.  "Your store isn't the place one goes to furnish a nursery."  Both men pulled up seats and kissed their sister's cheek.

            "Ginny, you look great," George grinned.  "As smart as Katie when she had the twins last year."

            "Angelina is still in the sick stage with our newest," Fred offered.  "I know by now to just let her have her way for another month or so."

            Harry laughed.  "I thought you just let her have her way all the time."

            Fred grinned.  "We Weasleys know how to keep our women happy."

            Ginny and Harry burst out laughing.  Curious, Fred and George had to get the story, and then proceeded to expand on it.

            "We Weasleys are an intelligent lot."

            "We Weasleys are all attractive."

            "We Weasleys are quite talented too."

            "Ginny!" a familiar voice cried.  "Harry!"

            Hermione ran across the street toward them, Ron following close behind.

            "Wow!  I didn't know you'd be here today!" Hermione exclaimed.

            "You shouldn't run like that," a panting Ron offered when he stopped behind her.  "Hello, all."

            Ginny moved her feet, staring at Hermione strangely.  "Have a sit down, Hermione.  I have barely seen you since you became my sister.  What have you been doing today?"

            Harry helped Ron unload everything he was carrying and pulled up another seat.

            "We went to see Molly for a while…" Hermione began.  "She told us about the family."

            "Yeah, did you know that Percy and Penelope are having their fifth child?" Ron interjected.

            "And Bill and Fleur just had number three," Hermione continued.  "Now they're caught up with Fred and Angelina for the next three or four months."

            "Charlie's marrying Tonks, which is great since their oldest is four and the younger two are nearly a year old."

            "Not everybody gets married before they have children," Fred said.  "Just because the rest of us did…"

            "We Weasleys are a unique breed," George told him.  Fred, Ginny, and Harry laughed, requiring an explanation for Ron and Hermione.

            "We Weasleys are fertile lot, as well," Hermione grinned.  "Ron and I are having a baby."

            "So soon?  I thought you were going to wait a year," Harry said to Ron.

            Ginny grinned and reached for Hermione's hands.  "I knew it!"

            "We Weasleys wait for no one," Fred laughed.

            Suddenly Ginny's face registered a shock.  "Harry!"

            He was beside her in a heartbeat.  "What?"

            "Give me your hand," she breathed, placing it on her stomach.  "You haven't got to feel this yet."

            As Harry felt the kick of one of his children for the first time, he was dumbstruck.  He stood there, mouth open gazing at Ginny's stomach.

            "It moved.  One of them kicked!" he crowed.

            Everyone else fell silent.  It was then that Ginny realized she had told her mother how many children she was having and none of her siblings.

            "One of them?" Ron said slowly.

            Harry and Ginny looked at each other.

            "We're kind of having triplets," Harry murmured.

            "Why didn't you tell us!" they all cried at once.  For a moment, everyone spoke and it was pure bedlam.  Ginny just laughed.

            "Here now!  Quite you, and I'll let you feel them move," she offered.

            Four hands instantly reached for her distended belly and Harry had to move his hand over.  Ginny was irrationally pleased to note that he didn't remove it.

            As for Harry, he fought the urge to kiss his wife.  She was going to make a wonderful mother.  It was in her genes, apparently with everything else that's good in the world.  He chuckled lowly.

            "What's so funny, Mr. Potter?" Ginny asked curiously.

            "As Hermione said, we Weasleys are a fertile lot."

            Ginny grinned up at him and Harry just looked at her.  He wondered how anyone could be so lovely as the sun shone on her face and hair.  He stopped thinking then, as he leaned down and kissed her lightly.  A quick surge ran through him and Harry bit back the urge to groan.  Just then, everything in him wanted his marriage to be the real, forever kind of marriage.  And he wanted to spend a lot more time with his wife…alone.

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Jaquelyne:            Thanks!  If they stopped and talked to one another, I'd be out of a story.  At least I gave you a temporary reprieve from Cho…very temporary.

Morelliscupcake:          You have no idea how much I get annoyed by Cho, that's why she wasn't in this chapter.  Although, other characters are going to be worse before the story is out.  I have a feeling people will even hate Harry and Ginny for a bit.

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Sarahamanda:         Many thanks; I might remove Cho from the scene later.

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